Car-door.



J. M. ETIMAN.

GAR DOOR. APPLIOATION FILED MAY 29, 1907.

Patented Sept. 22, 1908.

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UNI-TED ST E PATENT; Q EICI JonN M.,E 1IMAN,OF MAPLETQN, ivoarn DAKo Q ISpecification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 29, 1907. SerialNo. 376,379..

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Joint M. ETIMAN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Mapleton, in the county of Cass and State of NorthDakota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Car-Doors, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to car doors, and

one of the principalobjects of the same is to provide a door made in anupper and lower section which can be independently opened,

and in which the upper section will form a lock to prevent thedisplacement of the lower section.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sectional door in whichthe lower section is provided with sliding brace plates for holding thedoor rigidly when closed.

Another object of the invention is to provide an adjustable'brace rodextending from the center of one door to the center of the o positedoor, said rod being made in sections and connected by a turn buckle.

These and other objects may. be attained by means of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a car door made in accordance with myinvention, and looking from the inside of the car, the roof and floor ofthe car being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view onthe line 33, Fi 1, lookingin the direction indicated by t e arrowtherein. Fig. .3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 22, looking inthe direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing for a more parnumeral 1 designates the roof ofthe car, 2 is the floor, and 3 the side of the car provided with a dooropen'ng 4.

The door consists of the lower section 5 and the upper section 6. Thelower section has connected to itmetal straps 7 at the upper ends ofwhich said straps are bent outwardly over theupper edge of the doorsection 5 and provided with eyes 8. Connected to the eyes 8 are verticalsupporting bars or rods 9, the upper ends of which are provided withloops 10 supported upon L-shaped brackets 11 secured to the upper andside walls of the door opening.

means to the inner wall of the roof ing rods 15 connected thereto bysuitable bolts 16, and the upper ends of said rods are provided withloops 17 which are also connected to the brackets 11.

At the opposite sides of the lower door section 5 sliding plates 18 aremounted to slide upon bolts 19, said bolts being secured to the sides ofthe car and projecting through slots 20 provided with inclined portions21 and horizontal portions 22. the sliding plates 18 are offset, as at23, to fit the sides of the door section 5, said door section havingupright brace bars 24 25. Buttons 26 are secured to the fioor 2 of thecar to form stops for the lower edge of the door section 5 and for thesliding plates 18. Connected centrally to the lower door section 5 is aring 27, and a link 28 is connected to said ring. A rod 29 is connectedby a ring 30 to the link 28, and said rod 29 is threaded on its ends, asat 31, for connection to a turn buckle 32 by means of which the doorsections 5 upon opposite sides of the car may be braced against outwardmovement.

When the brace rods are disconnected from the turn buckle 32 they may besupported upon the inner side of the door section 5 by means of a rope33 connected to a suitable loop 34 secured to the inner side of thedoor, as shown in Fig. 1.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that the upper section 6 of thedoor may be swung inwardly and connected by any suitable 1 of the car,after the grain or other contents of the car has been run out throughthe openings 12 by sliding the doors 13 upward. After the door section 6is swung upward and su ported, the plates 18 may be slid outward y tothe position shown in dotted lines at the left of Fig. 1, and the door 5may then be swung upwardly and supported by any suitable means to giveaccess to the lower part or floor of the car. It is to be noted that theupper section 6 has its lower edge fitted against the upper edge of thesection 5, and thus prevents the lower section from moving upward untilsaid upper section has been swung away from the lower section,

' My car door is of simple construction, is efiiciently braced againststrain from the inside the car, and is efficient in operation.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

A car door comprising upper and lower sections, supporting barspivotally connected nfatented Sept. 22, 1 90s.

The inner edges of at opposite ends to said door sections and to movelaterally away from the lower section 10 brackets at the upper side ofthe door openand upwardly.

ing to permit said doors to swing upwardly In testimony whereof, I aflixmy signature on said ends and inwardly therewith, laterin presence oftwo Witnesses.

ally sliding plates provided With slots extending horizontally outwardlyand inclined up- JOHN ETIMAN' Wardly, and bolts passing through saidslots Witnesses: and through the Wall of the car at the oppo- A. L.THOMAS,

site sides of the door to permit'said plates to CHAS. B. HALL.

